RULE 44. Search Warrants

(A) Applications for search warrants
shall be submitted to the Criminal Presiding Judge or, if that judge is
unavailable, to the Presiding Judge of the Court. If neither of those
judges is available, the application may be submitted to any other judge of the
General Division of the Court.

(B) A request to seal the affidavit,
warrant and/or return must be made to the issuing judge at the time the
application is presented for review, and on a form prescribed by the Court.
The judge shall authorize sealing at the time the warrant is signed if the judge
determines that sealing is appropriate.

(C) A request to unseal a warrant and
accompanying document(s) shall be made by motion to the issuing judge.
After written notification to the appropriate prosecuting attorney, which shall
be made not later than three days after the request is received by the issuing
judge, a hearing shall be held not sooner than seven days nor later than
fourteen days from the date the request was received by the issuing judge,
unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court, in making its
decision on the request, shall consider all relevant information as well as the
provisions of R.C. 149.43. This remedy is separate from any
discovery remedy available to the defendant under the criminal rules.

The above Rule shall be
effective January 1, 2006 and until further order of the Court.